How did social and religious conservatives respond to the cultural upheavals of the 1960s?

Social and religious conservatives responded to the cultural upheavals of the 1960s with "social conservatism" and "renewed conservative grassroots activism". Conservatism is a political ideology focused on the preservation of traditional values and beliefs, hearkening back to values believed to be present at the American founding. There was a significant increase in activism and conservatism as a reaction to the counterculture and cultural upheaval of the 1960s–1970s.

swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook

nativists tried to get rid of the immigrants as they thought they were going to ruin the u.s.